Vocabulary III

DEFEAT: win a victory over

DEFERENCE: submission to or compliance with the will, wishes, etc.

SPEW: to spit out of the mouth.

SPHERULE: very small sphere or globule

QUAKY: tremulous.

SURFACE: the exterior face of an object or one such face.

LEVERAGE: the action of a lever.

LEVER: rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum.

FULCRUM: the pivot about which a lever turns.

QUAINT: attractive unusual.

PILFER: steal minor items.

PILLAR: an upright structure that supports a superstructure.

GIRD: put a belt around.

SHEILA: an informal word for girl.

KERNEL: the edible central part of a seed, nut or fruit within the shell.

EDIBLE: fit to be eaten.

SHELL: hard outer layer of some fruits.

ROOST: a temporary place to rest.

THEOMANCY: divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god.

OS: technical name for bone.

ZESTER: a kitchen utensil used to scrape fine shreds of peel from citrus fruits.

MEDLAR: small Eurasian rosaceous tree. (Níspero)

ROOT: organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground.

VOLITION: the faculty or capability of conscious choice, decision and intention.

FAREWELL: an act of departure.

FARINA: flour made from any kind of cereal grain.

DEIFY: exalt to the position of a god or personify as a god.

ZEST: the skin of an orange or lemon.

HORN: either of a pair of permanent outgrowths on the heads of cattle.

HORNBAG: promiscuous woman.

DABBA: a round metal box used to transport hot food.

JUMBUCK: informal word for sheep.

SHED: large roofed structure.

NIMBLE: agile, quick and neat in movement.

DACE: any of various similar fishes.

FILTHY: very dirty or obscene.

FILTER: a porous substance that allows fluid to pass but retains suspended solid particles.

WEANER: pig that just been weaned.

VELVET: anything with a smooth soft surface.

WALTZ: ballroom dance in triple time in which couples spin around as they progress round the room.

BEANO: celebration, party or other enjoyable time.

ABED: in bed

IMBUE: to soak

ZENANA: part of a house reserved for the women and girls of a household.

SLANG: vocabulary that is not appropriate to the standard form of a language or to formal contexts.

CEASEFIRE: the order to stop firing.

JUT OUT: to stick out or overhang beyond the surface or main part.

LURCH: to sway

STAGER: a person of experience.

CELEB: a celebrity.